If you are migrating from VMware vFabric Web Server 5.3.x or earlier to Pivotal Web Server 6.2, you will notice that the default installation path has changed. The path, formerly /opt/vmware/vfabric-web-server/, now defaults to /opt/pivotal/webserver/. The structure of the application and instance directories is unchanged.

Update the httpdctl script with new features plus the revised pivotal httpd instance service names:

./newserver –server=instance –update

Update the user and group names from vfhttpd to pwshttpd by modifying the User and Group directives in the instance/conf/httpd.conf file. Invoke the following commands from /opt/pivotal/webserver/instance to locate and replace the corresponding file and directory ownership:

find . -group vfhttpd | xargs chgrp pwshttpd

find . -user vfhttpd | xargs chown pwshttpd

Update the module and path names and the authorization sections in the instance/conf/httpd.conf file to match the 2.4 version. For guidance, see the Apache HTTP Server documentation.

Stop and uninstall the old instance if not performed before step 2. above: